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Virginia Foxx (born June 29, 1943) is the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 5th congressional district, serving since 2005. She is a member of the Republican Party. The district takes in much of the northwestern portion of the state and a portion of Winston-Salem.
Early life, education and career
Foxx was born in The Bronx, New York. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning a bachelor's degree. She later earned a master's and doctoral degree in education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Foxx worked as a research assistant at UNC and later became a professor at Appalachian State University. She was an English professor before moving into university administration. From 1987 until her 1994 entry into politics, she was ...

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Chairwoman of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, issued the following statement after the Obama administration decided to ignore Congress and recess appoint three new members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
"It is disappointing that President Obama has forgotten his promise of transparency and decided to appoint three new members to the controversial, activist National Labor Relations Board without any input from the U.S. Senate," said Chairwoman Foxx.
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Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) denied Thursday that a bill that would allow hospitals to refuse treatment to pregnant women was misogynist, adding that “nobody has ever fought more for the rights of women than I have.”
In a speech on the House floor, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) explained why she believed “The Protect Life Act” was a step backward for women’s reproductive rights.
“I think this bill goes to the farthest extreme in trying to take women down, not just a peg, but take them in shackles to some cave somewhere,” she said. “Twenty-five years ...

Rep.Virginia Foxx (R-NC) was on the House floor defending her vote in favor of the recently-passed "Protect Life Act," which allows federally-funded hospitals to deny treatment to women seeking abortions regardless of the circumstances…
"For my colleagues across the aisle who say this is a misogynist bill, nobody has ever fought more for the rights of women than I have. But fifty percent of the unborn babies that are being aborted are females. So the misogyny comes from those that promote the killing of unborn babies. That’s where the misogyny comes in."
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